Animal shelters

Sunday

Oct 1, 2006 at 12:01 AM

Click here for lists of services and programs at area animal shelters.

Don Gladieux with the Animal Welfare Alliance has contributed $40,000 to a fund for people who cannot afford to pay to have a cat or dog spayed or neutered. Contact one of the following animal clinics to have a pet spayed or neutered using this program:

The nonprofit Community Partnership for Pets committed to reduce pet overpopulation problem and improving the health and welfare of animals in Henderson County by providing low-cost, affordable spay/neuter programs and assistance with pet food and veterinarian care for families in need. Information: www.communitypartnershipforpets.org, 693-5172, CPforPetsInc@aol.com.

Adoptable kittens: Black and whites, two, one 12 weeks, one 8 months; orange and white; orange; three brindles; gray and brown; two gray and whites with stripes; black and white; two blacks, 4 to 5 months.

The shelter at 1050 Seventh Ave. E. is open to adopt animals from 1 to 6 p.m. everyday. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays adoptable animals are at PetSmart, Arden. Foster homes needed for special needs animals; also puppies and kittens. Volunteers needed. Information: 216-0694.

Animal Compassion Network is a nonprofit organization placing rescued and abandoned dogs and cats into approved permanent homes. All of the dogs, cats, puppies and kittens available for adoption are cared for by foster families. Adoption fee includes spaying or neutering, vaccinations, microchipping with lifetime registration. Information: www.a-cnet.org, 258-4820.

Basset Hound Rescue of Georgia has a N.C. Rescue Associate in Western North Carolina. To see the adoptable basset album, call Judi Bartlett at 651-8185. Information: www.bhrg.org.